Massassa Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Massassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Massassa (26) may also be a first name.
Massassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massassa occurs in Gabon more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Massassa.
How Common Is The Last Name Massassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,121,821st most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Massassa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Massassa live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Massassa is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most widely held in Gabon, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 9,352. Excluding Gabon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Massassa
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